What a crazy day at the park for Southeast Missouri State baseball in Sunday's series finale at Eastern Kentucky...a 11-10 loss.Head coach Mark Hogan was tossed, Matt Wagner was tossed, Southeast fans were ejected and
according to a reporter at the Richmond Register the father of a Redhawks player was ejected after storming the field and charging toward and umpire. The parent was restrained by a Southeast assistant coach.
The Richmond Register reporter told me the incident stemmed from a play in the ninth inning... a ball hit by the Redhawks infielder Matt Wagner was called foul (many thought it was fair). Wagner eventually struck out in the same at-bat.
The next batter, Louie Haseltine, hit a homerun... then during the celebration Wagner was tossed and that's when the Redhawks fan got onto the field.
I talked with a couple of people in the SEMO athletics department but neither would make an official comment until more information is gathered.
We do know coach Hogan and Matt Wagner are suspended for the next scheduled conference game. Ohio Valley Conference rule states a player or coach ejected from a conference game must sit out the next scheduled conference game.
I welcome comments but please curb the vulgarity.
ReplyDeleteThanks.